How do you organize your life?
Everyone wants to have an
organized Life!
Have everything under control, go to work, keep the house tidy, run your errands, do your check-ups and try to relax inbetween. That’s a lot to think about!
In a couple you rely on your partner to take away some of the responsibility and hopefully things will be a lot better when there are two of you. But when the battery is low, it’s hard to keep moving forward and it can become really stressful, and sometimes just talking is hard.
That’s why we created the Cutest Couple app! To be your ally in facing the day to day challenges! Here’s the story of Sarah & Mark and how the Cutest Couple app transformed their daily lives from struggle to achievement, laughter and love!
What problem does this app solve?
The app helps you prioritize yourself first and helps you keep track of your daily routines. An important lesson to be learned is that you can’t do everything in one day! But if you
split your responsibilities in multiple days, you have a great chance to accomplish everything you want. We know that’s not easy to do, without a bit of help.
Ask yourself these questions:
- Do I feel that there are so many things to do and I can’t figure out where to start?
- Do I feel stressed and overwhelmed from all the responsibilities?
- Do I feel guilty when I procrastinate from doing my part?
- Do I feel that I neglect myself and I can already see symptoms on my body and health?
- Do I feel that even though there are two of us in the house things don’t seem to be any easier?
If your answer is “Yes” to some of these questions, know that you are not alone. We all feel the same way in one way or another. We all try to keep up with our day-to-day life and can’t seem to find when we did enough. Ok, ok, but how does Cutest Couple solve this?
How does the Cutest Couple app work?
We are all creatures of habit! That means that we have similar needs and wants on a day to day basis! And we do, sometimes unconsciously, activities around the house, because we believe that it’s normal to do them. But, from time to time, this auto-pilot that keeps our life in order is disrupted by different events in our lives, an urgency at work, your kid caught a cold or you are simply tired today and just want a hot bath and a nap.
The Cutest Couple app has a human-focused design, you can schedule reccurent tasks on a daily, weekly, monthly and even yearly basis. This way, not a single day will pass without knowing what’s needed for a “Perfect Day” (that’s a bonus in the game by the way). Even better, this list is shared with your loved one, so that you both know what needs to happen for everything to be in complete order.
I’m sure you are probably thinking… “We already used a lot of techniques and they are hard to maintain and keep track of… we have a magnetic board on the fridge, scheduled activities on our calendar, post-it notes everywhere, even an agenda…”
How is this app any different?
The Cutest Couple app, helps you and your partner organize your entire life in one single day. Sounds crazy, right? This is how my wife and I started and… IT’S TRUE! In the app you can add anything that you want or need to do, for yourself personally, for your family, your house, your car, your pet, your finances, socially, anything you can think about, can be added there. We have an entire list of suggestions for you to get you started, don’t worry!
Well, that’s great and all, but, how do you organize your entire life in one day? You can just write all of that on paper. That’s a great place to start! But what if I told you that you do most of the things on a scheduled basis, is just that sometimes it comes naturally, sometimes you have to remember. Let me give you some examples: I believe you take out the trash 3 times per week (I bet you are thinking about the exact days you do that right now), you probably wash clothes 2-3 times per week too, that means that they need to dry, to be ironed and to be folded. You probably cook once a day from Monday to Friday and probably do some sort of meal-prep/grocery shopping on weekends. Wait? How do I know all of this? Well… because we all do it, with slight differences here and there.
Ok, ok, that’s great and all, but you still have to do them and that’s not very motivating, is it? That’s why, we built the app in the form of a game, where you and your partner can compete and cooperate on doing as many tasks as possible. Yeah, you heard that right, a game! You level up, collect coins, create strategies, boost your rewards and achieve more when you and your partner do things together!
When your day to day responsibilities become a game, the goal is not to find the effort to do them anymore… but to win the game!
Please watch the video below to have a feeling on how the app works:
What’s the story behind the app?
My wife and I always had difficulties keeping up with work, house chores, personal care and social life. It simply wasn’t enough time or energy to get everything in order and feel fulfilled.
My wife felt that she’s doing most of the house chores and I don’t support her as much as she would like to. Obviously that was not my intention. It was just that I didn’t find any motivation to do anything around the house, I just wanted to relax, play a game and take some time off from work. But that didn’t solve any of the responsibilities we had.
We were always dissapointed that at the end of the day we either:
- Do what needs to be done
OR - Feel guilty for not doing it
Are these the only 2 options?
That’s the question we’ve been asking ourselves for a long time and the guilt trip has taken hold of us both, although looking from the side-lines our life was fine.
My wife didn’t felt listened, understood or appreciated for her efforts. I felt guilty most of the time she felt that way and in order to compensate I started working overtime and that only made things worse.
Our last debate was again about how she does everything and I don’t do anything, and I said to myself, this needs to stop, we can’t live like this forever!
An idea has emerged!
- So you do everything, you say?
- YES!
- Well my dear lovely wife, I happen to be a Data Analyst and I enjoy making data-driven decisions! So… let’s measure it!
- Measure what? She said.
- Measure if you actually do everything or you just feel that you do everything.
- How can you measure how many times I wash the dishes, silly?
Let’s make adulthood fun!
I enjoy playing games and one thing I realised about games is that it measures almost everything. I really liked The Sims because it was, well, a simulation of human life. Life seemed so simple there, you read 2 books and poof, suddenly you are promoted and you can buy that cool TV, you can hire someone to clean your house, even a gardener to water your plants and you can just flirt with your gorgeous neighbour and have a happy family together.
Role-Playing-Games like Diablo, Witcher, my personal favourite Kingdom Come: Deliverance, they also measure everything, you kill some monsters, practice, you get more XP, you level up, become stronger, get coins, buy better armor, kill stronger monsters, develop your personal traits like strength, knowledge, wisdom, persuasion, etc. Everyone treats you like the hero of the realm! All you hear is “Good Job”, “Thank you!”, “You saved me!”, etc. your self-esteem is going through the roof!